Regional SIOP Manager

Regional SIOP Manager
Weir
Salt Lake City, UT. St. Louis, MO. Mississauga, ON. Calgary, AB
Onsite / Remote

Purpose of Role: The Region Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning is a key leadership position, reporting to the Region Supply Chain Director.  This position will require an experienced SIOP leader able to facilitate and drive results in a fast paced and demanding growth environment, leveraging his/her strong interpersonal and leadership skills. This role will be challenged to build and implement a world class Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning process across the Region to improve customer satisfaction, profitability, inventory turns, lead times and working capital. The core functions of the position include strategic and tactical decision-making related to balancing demand and supply; aligns volume and mix with capacity and capability; integrate financial and operating plans within strategic objectives to deliver improved operating and financial results.  Build and manage the inventory network in the region.

Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate and analyze reports on end of month results for Inventory Valuation and Turns.
• Highlight trends, performance metrics, potential risks and opportunities for improvement. Use data-driven insights to influence strategic decision making.
• Quarterly forecasting and yearly budget creation for long term department planning
• Supervise inventory staff, train team members on best practices and process improvements
• Establish and track KPI for inventory management and for the team, regularly checking performance and progress
• Cultivate strong relationships with suppliers and customers through implementation of SIOP process across the region
• Develop, monitor and revise production, inventory and sourcing plans, in the short and long term, to optimize the use of manpower, equipment and financial resources while meeting the needs of customers.
• Prepare data and material that will facilitate decisions around equipment, labor and all other resources needed to support demand over the SIOP planning horizon.
• Coordinate and facilitate the monthly SIOP meetings with the executive team to achieve the demand plan consensus including strategic, product, sales, and marketing activities as well as supply plan balance and constraints/gaps.
• Achieve customer service order fulfillment objectives of >95% OTIF while maintaining inventory levels at targeted goals.
• Develop support metrics, tools and reporting that will enable Manufacturing plants and Inventory teams to achieve these service level and inventory targets.
• Work closely with Sales and Product Managers on planning/executing the activation and ramp-up for new products as well planning/managing other product-life-cycle phases in the SIOP plan.
• Evaluate inventory reports to identify slow moving and obsolete inventories and collaborate with the sales team to develop disposition plans.
• Track performance metrics and analysis to identify both opportunities and potential issues within SIOP processes and reporting as well as those across departments; provide insights and recommendations to help improve results.
• Facilitate prioritizing demand and/or allocating supply to a customer or region when demand exceeds supply.
• Identify significant business risks and escalate to the appropriate leadership teams.
• Ensure efficient communication across functional teams for any trends, drivers, and takeaways in a clear and concise manner.
• Identify and implement supply chain initiatives to improve efficiencies, cost, waste reduction and other lean principles.
• Support and coach plant level analysts and production planners.
• Multi technical discipline (Mechanical Assembly / Foundry, Elastomer Processing / Machining)
• Manufacturing planning, purchasing, manufacturing engineering
• Diversity of process and product for mining industry
• Complex / matrix org structure and variations site to site
• Mining industry dynamics (markets/geopolitics…etc.)
• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• Any equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered for candidates that have the ability to perform the objectives above.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics. MBA or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in Supply Chain (experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Inventory Planning in an environment of both manufactured and sourced finished goods highly preferred).
• APICS Certification preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in MRP and ERP systems inventory control, materials requirements planning, item master, demand planning, and advanced supply chain planning and analytics.  (SAP preferred)
• Knowledgeable in lean principles/methodologies.
• Excellent organizational, project management and time management skills, including multi-tasking and ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, follow up and attention to details. Adaptable to multiple requests, daily changes and still deliver on commitments.
• Data-driven with demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems and strong proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Must be able to work independently while still functioning well in a team environment.
• Able to communicate effectively with senior management, peers, and colleagues cross-functionally.
• People management experience including strong interpersonal and leadership skills: meeting facilitation, skill sharing and training, organization, conflict management, change agent, manage relationships.

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

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